Lesson Plan

Baseball Cards

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Here is a resource that demonstrates growth and the initial state of an equation. In this case, your class will be looking at baseball collections. How many baseball cards did the collector start out with, and how many were added or subtracted each year? You could expand the resource by having your collectors come up with questions for the class. For example, which equation shows an increase of 100 baseball cards per year? You also could ask the class to think of other things that might have an initial state and grow each year. 

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CCSS: Designed
Pros
  • Shows the function of growth and initial state of a linear equation
  • A gateway to good class discussions of real-life situations
  • Shows growth as both an increase and decrease
Cons
  • Only one example, additional examples must be added for practice
  • Covers only part of the standard
Common Core